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characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
"an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical government"
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ruled by or characteristic of a despot
"moved from a feudal to a despotic order"; "his administration was arrogant and despotic"
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ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch
"monarchal government"; "monarchical systems"
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characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
"a totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur M.Schlesinger, Jr.